Excellent video! Over the years I've used similar techniques. I've not tried the peanut butter -I use a piece of carrot or a green onion but I will start using the PB from now on. I also like the trap used in the video vs. the Maccabee trap. This one has a smaller cross section. A couple of possible additional items: When you replace the plug of turf make sure there's no light entering around the edges of the plug. They will push dirt into the area if there's any light at all coming in. I also stake down the traps with a steel wire attached securely to the trap. Started doing that when coyotes chewed through the fabric cord I used initially. If there's a single hole, dig it out and place the trap at least 18" into the tunnel. I then use rigid black plastic sheets to cover the opening and seal out the light. I don't like killing any of God's creatures but I draw the line at gophers. In the last year I've lost $500+ trees, vegetables and turf grass
Thank you very much for making these videos and for offering the most effective gopher trap I've tried. Between your instructions and the tips offered by Gunnar in Minnesota's videos, I have been able to get my gopher issues under control! Thank you very much!
Good video I got a gopher problem I have a good trap one thing when you set up a trap is to tie it on with a small rope my cats had ran off with the gopher and the trap I found it it's expensive to loose a trap that way
Good info...myself and the hardware employees had some trouble figuring out the basic macabee trap (the trigger bar has to go under and be completely pulled up and centered which is the key). Found the burrow in lawn yesterday, set the trap, and just nailed the gopher today!
Great video,nothing bad about sharing information that aids me in providing a safe and healthy yard, where my grandson pups run and play. without the health and safety issues to worry about. Thank you very much.
I just received some of your pocket gophers traps. Set a few of them tonight and hoping for good results. Build quality far exceeds the Sweeny traps sold in Lowe's. Excellent quality!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in this matter. This little guys took over my yard and I am finally getting it under control. The peanut butter scent does the trick! Thanks again :)
I've been trying for months to kill gophers, but watched this video (used different traps) but the tips are immensely helpful and I GOT MY FIRST ONE TODAY! Threw a big party, totally stoked!!!
I guess I'll have to get some of these traps. I've baited the tunnel with poison pellets, smoothed away the mound and put a stone over it but the next morning the mound was back and bigger than before. These little buggers are ruining my lawn. Thanks for the great video.
just bought some more traps for my gopher and mole business, really like your traps. My Rodent Guys Pest Control customers really benefit. Thanks for a great trap.
I have been struggling to trap the little rodents. They kept filling traps with dirt like you said. I tried the peanut butter trick and it worked first try. Thank you for the tip.
Stephen, thank you very much. After watching this video, I followed the exact steps to locate the tunnel, set up the traps, and applied peanut butter. A few hours later, I had a dead gopher.
I've being trying for years to catch'em, I tried everything, and no results at all. Thanks a lot to bring this video, I will get rid of my annoying gophers that they driving me crazy.
OK I am so appreciative that you put out this video. I have been using bait or fumigants for years with mixed results. I am sold on the Idea of trapping over baiting especially initially or in accounts with pets.
Good video. I have trapped 7 that were destroying two lawns. The Peanut Butter trick is awesome. Took me two times to do it right. And, I used two old type traps. Two good looking lawns now. I also bury the carcass in the hole. Don't know if it works, but it seems to make kinfolk pack their bags and move somewhere else. Also, you are right, probe and find their tunnels, don't get fixed on their opening.
@albanstv I learned this the hard way. Wasn't sure if it was a gopher or a mole because the dirt was so dry/sandy and located on a steep hill which didn't provide sufficient evidence which animal it was. I ended up buying the regular size mole trap and it was ineffective due to the gopher size. I have now bought the gophinator set since then and it is like night and day. Got my first catch the same day, thanks for this awesome device, it is well designed.
First time doing this, there is about a hundred holes in my little back yard. The gopher holes are not that big so I was having some issues. But practice makes perfect. Thanks for the video.
I have bought several of your traps and they are excellent!! I always remove the gophers, but someone told me I should bury the gopher in his hole and this will make the other gophers leave the area. What do you recommend?
tstfrd , Not an option unless you want to spend quite a bit of money on more traps, and still deal with further infestations. They will move, but still do their damages, and possibly return 6 months from then to the same area.
I've had issues with racoons digging them up making bigger holes for me to fill. They dig up the same hole for several days due to the residual smell. Now I just throw them in the tree-line for them to eat.
I have video of what appears to be a gopher, although smaller than in your video, entering my shop area, and shunning several traps baited with peanut butter, high-quality freshly ground stuff. What other baits might be enticing, please?
What are those 4 holes in front of where you set the traps? I have those holes all around my yard in the same locations of where the mole activity is. The holes look like they have been a cave in in some places. But it is weird because the holes are PERFECTLY round. Is a racoon or a possum or a skunk trying to get in the tunnels?
We use the Trapline mole traps (Molinator) at our Wildlife Control business. These are high quality, effective products. We catch hundreds of moles every year and these are up to the task!
What do you do when you don't have grass roots that holds the soil and you can't lift out a "plug" that can be set back in? We have sandy soil with no grass (in our garden) and the sandy soil collapses.
Update: the loose dirt did not seem to ruin the effectiveness of the trap. We just shoveled soil back in to make sure the tunnel was dark and today we got the gopher. Now we know what we're doing thanks to you
You don't need BAIT And I leave the holes open....I don't know if it's the light or air that brings them in....I also use 2 traps 1 in each direction of the same hole.....I placed the trap and caught some in 20 minutes......THESE TRAPS ARE GREAT...... Before these traps I use Flares.posion, diesel exhaust from my tractor .I tried to drown them...Shoot them when they pushed dirt up......About 6 different things to kill them and nothing worked as well as these TRAPS....😁😁😁😁😁
This is not meant to be offensive, I'm curious. Is it possible for other animals to ingest and be harmed by 2-4-D? I've never lived in an area that dealt with infestations. I saw a picture of a house cat that had it's arm removed and it said it was due to a mole trap. Are they really that powerful and damaging? With the way Stephen Albano did his work, it seems safe to say another animal is not likely to get injured...but still...I'm a cat person and that makes me sad.
trapperjoe, no, the gopher traps are bigger than the large mole traps, as gophers are a bigger animal than moles. The mole size traps(either standard or large size, as they're pretty close) will work well for juvenile gophers. You really need the gopher size trap for adult gophers. Thanks. -Steve
jmjohnson, from your description, it sounds like you have "voles", which are also known as "field mice". They leave very round, very clean, open holes with vegetation cropped back very short around the perimeter of the hole. See my website for more information on how to trap voles--they're easy to get if you use the right set-up.
If you plant the castor oil bean plant on your land, it will definitely not come again, do not kill a piece of land, it is a very useful animal for nature. don't kill, miss forever
@bundaiz trinitrotoluene aka TNT, doesn't seem very efficient. In the Netherlands; farmers use calcium carbide. Put it in the tunnel, sprinkle some water over it, let the gas flow trough the tunnels, then fire it up.
Nice video thanks for the good information. What kind of traps do you use? I just bought two Victor Black Box traps, hopefully they work well. I like how small the traps you used look, seems like it would help. Thanks again.
The reason why it's high percentage catch is because the gopher walks straight into the the trap per the tunnel. I'm seriously considering not ever purchasing poison or the "gasser" bomb because the trap is very effective. Some other video with two sonic noise deterrents did not work brand new.
Very informative! I have a ton of gopher mounds on my property. I had no problem with the little guys until they moved into my garden and up around the house. Could they be the reason all my ferns are dieing? I hate to kill them but I also have put a lot of hard work into my garden. Thanks for the information.... peanut butter!!
Great video went out and got some traps right after watching yesterday, set them in the afternoon and this morning 3 of the 4 traps had gophers, my dirt plug didnt go back in as perfect as his so i put a chunk of 2x6 wood over the whole and covered it with dirt to make it keep light out. Sweet revenge after they killed my one year old apple tree
really i only said what i did so that if your pocket gopher problem was extremely bad, using 2-4D laced peanut butter could actually be a good alternative to serve your pesky gopher control problem needs. but using the idea thats in the video is also a good way to go too. and knowing gophers their just like squirrels, and squirrels love nuts including nut based products like peanut butter
id just use peanut butter laced with 2-4-D to rid my 8 acre backyard of pocket gophers. and i could use agent orange as well to get the job done but 2-4-D is like agent orange except it has a lower dioxin content and its more deluted. And why id use chemicals or poison bait is because i find that more effective than blasting, shooting, or using small rodent traps
Idk about I giys but in Minnesota they lay 3-4$ per set of the front feet and I’ve been trapping all spring so far and got well over 60 now with only 10 traps that I got so I’m making bank rn
Thank you for your positive comments--glad people are finding the video and the traps useful. ROFLpwnedvideos, no I don't eat them, at least not on a regular basis.
The only thing I can't do is release them from the trap and throw them away. I am way to squeamish! I am so depressed because gophers have ruined my lawn to the point I am thinking of removing half of it and putting mulch in its place. I rather not have any plants than to allow them to eat them.
Excellent video! Over the years I've used similar techniques. I've not tried the peanut butter -I use a piece of carrot or a green onion but I will start using the PB from now on. I also like the trap used in the video vs. the Maccabee trap. This one has a smaller cross section. A couple of possible additional items: When you replace the plug of turf make sure there's no light entering around the edges of the plug. They will push dirt into the area if there's any light at all coming in. I also stake down the traps with a steel wire attached securely to the trap. Started doing that when coyotes chewed through the fabric cord I used initially. If there's a single hole, dig it out and place the trap at least 18" into the tunnel. I then use rigid black plastic sheets to cover the opening and seal out the light. I don't like killing any of God's creatures but I draw the line at gophers. In the last year I've lost $500+ trees, vegetables and turf grass
You my friend are a gopher trapping machine. Well done!
Thank you very much for making these videos and for offering the most effective gopher trap I've tried. Between your instructions and the tips offered by Gunnar in Minnesota's videos, I have been able to get my gopher issues under control! Thank you very much!
Good video I got a gopher problem I have a good trap one thing when you set up a trap is to tie it on with a small rope my cats had ran off with the gopher and the trap I found it it's expensive to loose a trap that way
Holy cow it works!!! I got one my first try!!! I tried everything for about a year until I used your method thank you so much!!!
Very instructional video. Even better, the trapline products work as advertised, even for a rookie! So nice to be able excellent trap Made in the USA.
Thank you! The instruction on the box didn't make sense and you did a fantastic job explaining the whole process. Traps are set!
Good info...myself and the hardware employees had some trouble figuring out the basic macabee trap (the trigger bar has to go under and be completely pulled up and centered which is the key). Found the burrow in lawn yesterday, set the trap, and just nailed the gopher today!
Great video,nothing bad about sharing information that aids me in providing a safe and healthy yard, where my grandson pups run and play. without the health and safety issues to worry about. Thank you very much.
This is a great demo for anyone trying to get rid of gophers!
I just received some of your pocket gophers traps. Set a few of them tonight and hoping for good results. Build quality far exceeds the Sweeny traps sold in Lowe's. Excellent quality!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in this matter. This little guys took over my yard and I am finally getting it under control.
The peanut butter scent does the trick!
Thanks again :)
I've been trying for months to kill gophers, but watched this video (used different traps) but the tips are immensely helpful and I GOT MY FIRST ONE TODAY! Threw a big party, totally stoked!!!
You are the gopher “TERMINATOR” my friend. I need to get me couple of those traps for sure. Thank you for the video
I guess I'll have to get some of these traps. I've baited the tunnel with poison pellets, smoothed away the mound and put a stone over it but the next morning the mound was back and bigger than before. These little buggers are ruining my lawn. Thanks for the great video.
just bought some more traps for my gopher and mole business, really like your traps. My Rodent Guys Pest Control customers really benefit. Thanks for a great trap.
I just lost a 2 foot tall grass plant over night to a gopher. Just declared war.
Pacific Warrior did you win?
😂😂😂
Lunawolf44 indeed I did
I have been struggling to trap the little rodents. They kept filling traps with dirt like you said. I tried the peanut butter trick and it worked first try. Thank you for the tip.
Stephen, thank you very much. After watching this video, I followed the exact steps to locate the tunnel, set up the traps, and applied peanut butter. A few hours later, I had a dead gopher.
Definitely will try using peanut butter. Great vid thanks!
I've being trying for years to catch'em, I tried everything, and no results at all.
Thanks a lot to bring this video, I will get rid of my annoying gophers that they driving me crazy.
OK I am so appreciative that you put out this video. I have been using bait or fumigants for years with mixed results. I am sold on the Idea of trapping over baiting especially initially or in accounts with pets.
Good video. I have trapped 7 that were destroying two lawns. The Peanut Butter trick is awesome. Took me two times to do it right. And, I used two old type traps. Two good looking lawns now. I also bury the carcass in the hole. Don't know if it works, but it seems to make kinfolk pack their bags and move somewhere else. Also, you are right, probe and find their tunnels, don't get fixed on their opening.
@albanstv I learned this the hard way. Wasn't sure if it was a gopher or a mole because the dirt was so dry/sandy and located on a steep hill which didn't provide sufficient evidence which animal it was. I ended up buying the regular size mole trap and it was ineffective due to the gopher size. I have now bought the gophinator set since then and it is like night and day. Got my first catch the same day, thanks for this awesome device, it is well designed.
I’ve tried everything. This will be my next step!
Thanks for the video. I have a tiny yard but it's infested with gophers. Not for long though. :-)
Thank you so much. My problem is finding the run. Your video really helps
Impressive results. Thanks!!
First time doing this, there is about a hundred holes in my little back yard. The gopher holes are not that big so I was having some issues. But practice makes perfect. Thanks for the video.
Oh my gosh! We could have multiple gophers? They are tearing my yard up!
Dude you are "Gopher Enemy Number 1"
Wow my dad is paying me 5 bucks every dead gopher and if i had the 40 you caught i would have made $200 :0
omg same XD
Tell dad to get you a dirtbike and he'll never see another gopher again. ruclips.net/video/0TOmVUA8N_M/видео.html
I have bought several of your traps and they are excellent!! I always remove the gophers, but someone told me I should bury the gopher in his hole and this will make the other gophers leave the area. What do you recommend?
tstfrd , Not an option unless you want to spend quite a bit of money on more traps, and still deal with further infestations. They will move, but still do their damages, and possibly return 6 months from then to the same area.
I've had issues with racoons digging them up making bigger holes for me to fill. They dig up the same hole for several days due to the residual smell. Now I just throw them in the tree-line for them to eat.
Another trapper says to leave hole uncovered because if gopher senses its open he will come to close it to keep other varments out..seems cool..
i have a gopher problem i leave the traps and they dig them out its kinda wierd but im going to try the peanut butter hopefully i get good results
Very impressive work! My property is gopher infested real bad. It killed lot of my vegetables and trees. Suckers...
I have video of what appears to be a gopher, although smaller than in your video, entering my shop area, and shunning several traps baited with peanut butter, high-quality freshly ground stuff.
What other baits might be enticing, please?
What are those 4 holes in front of where you set the traps? I have those holes all around my yard in the same locations of where the mole activity is. The holes look like they have been a cave in in some places. But it is weird because the holes are PERFECTLY round. Is a racoon or a possum or a skunk trying to get in the tunnels?
We use the Trapline mole traps (Molinator) at our Wildlife Control business. These are high quality, effective products. We catch hundreds of moles every year and these are up to the task!
What do you do when you don't have grass roots that holds the soil and you can't lift out a "plug" that can be set back in? We have sandy soil with no grass (in our garden) and the sandy soil collapses.
Update: the loose dirt did not seem to ruin the effectiveness of the trap. We just shoveled soil back in to make sure the tunnel was dark and today we got the gopher. Now we know what we're doing thanks to you
You don't need BAIT And I leave the holes open....I don't know if it's the light or air that brings them in....I also use 2 traps 1 in each direction of the same hole.....I placed the trap and caught some in 20 minutes......THESE TRAPS ARE GREAT...... Before these traps I use Flares.posion, diesel exhaust from my tractor .I tried to drown them...Shoot them when they pushed dirt up......About 6 different things to kill them and nothing worked as well as these TRAPS....😁😁😁😁😁
That pile of gophers is frigging awesome. MAKE SOME SOUP!!!
Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies has a recipe for this. :-)
That was solid. Very good job and presentation. Thanks
Thank you for this video. I caught my first one this morning.
How can i get rid of that mas got big problem.thanks 4 shared the video
This is not meant to be offensive, I'm curious. Is it possible for other animals to ingest and be harmed by 2-4-D? I've never lived in an area that dealt with infestations. I saw a picture of a house cat that had it's arm removed and it said it was due to a mole trap. Are they really that powerful and damaging? With the way Stephen Albano did his work, it seems safe to say another animal is not likely to get injured...but still...I'm a cat person and that makes me sad.
trapperjoe, no, the gopher traps are bigger than the large mole traps, as gophers are a bigger animal than moles. The mole size traps(either standard or large size, as they're pretty close) will work well for juvenile gophers. You really need the gopher size trap for adult gophers. Thanks. -Steve
Fantastic! I love the barrel of dead gophers!
Great video. Really helpful down to earth advice. What about moles? Do these traps work for them?
jmjohnson, from your description, it sounds like you have "voles", which are also known as "field mice". They leave very round, very clean, open holes with vegetation cropped back very short around the perimeter of the hole.
See my website for more information on how to trap voles--they're easy to get if you use the right set-up.
How can you tell if it is gophers or moles? The size of the tunnel?
If you plant the castor oil bean plant on your land, it will definitely not come again, do not kill a piece of land, it is a very useful animal for nature. don't kill, miss forever
Thanks for the great info. I'm already 2 for 2. I am tired of these rodents digging up my lawn.
Do you do this technique sometimes with the mounds on moles with your mole traps
Well done!
If a gopher sees light from you not hiding the trap enough with dirt, the gopher will bury your trap.
VERY nice. Thank you for the very instructive video. I needed it! Thanks.
Can these be used to catch a large gopher or woodchuck?
@bundaiz trinitrotoluene aka TNT, doesn't seem very efficient. In the Netherlands; farmers use calcium carbide. Put it in the tunnel, sprinkle some water over it, let the gas flow trough the tunnels, then fire it up.
Nice video.
How do you price out work like this?
Thanks. Drew
That, my good man is impressive!
Resolution is different!
Will mole traps work on gophers? I am gonna buy all sizes as I think I have all 3 types, but I am not sure how I will approach setting them...
is the larg mole trap biger then the gopher trap? and can you use the larg mole trap for gophers?
What type of hand trowel are you using?
Looks like a hori hori. It's a great tool. Multiple uses.
Nice video thanks for the good information. What kind of traps do you use? I just bought two Victor Black Box traps, hopefully they work well. I like how small the traps you used look, seems like it would help. Thanks again.
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Pantera!!!!!!
what type of shovel/knife is that?
so after collecting that many do you eat them?
thank you soo much!! i will try this right away. Baddd gophersss!!!
Nice job
I wanna hire this dude, now!
wow. that is some impressive success
The reason why it's high percentage catch is because the gopher walks straight into the the trap per the tunnel. I'm seriously considering not ever purchasing poison or the "gasser" bomb because the trap is very effective. Some other video with two sonic noise deterrents did not work brand new.
Very informative! I have a ton of gopher mounds on my property. I had no problem with the little guys until they moved into my garden and up around the house. Could they be the reason all my ferns are dieing? I hate to kill them but I also have put a lot of hard work into my garden. Thanks for the information.... peanut butter!!
Caddyshack = [prepping to dynamite the gopher tunnel] "In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher.'"
Great video went out and got some traps right after watching yesterday, set them in the afternoon and this morning 3 of the 4 traps had gophers, my dirt plug didnt go back in as perfect as his so i put a chunk of 2x6 wood over the whole and covered it with dirt to make it keep light out. Sweet revenge after they killed my one year old apple tree
I think we're having an epidemic outbreak of gophers in the Murrieta area through Temecula.
how do you dispose of your buckets of dead rodents?
Do you charge by the gopher? I would say $5 each is very reasonable.
how many gophers do you trap a day
Anyone kno where i can find a trap like this?
Great video thanks. I have a big battle.
Wow my respect for you. Thank you.
really i only said what i did so that if your pocket gopher problem was extremely bad, using 2-4D laced peanut butter could actually be a good alternative to serve your pesky gopher control problem needs. but using the idea thats in the video is also a good way to go too. and knowing gophers their just like squirrels, and squirrels love nuts including nut based products like peanut butter
Sharp points up?
id just use peanut butter laced with 2-4-D to rid my 8 acre backyard of pocket gophers. and i could use agent orange as well to get the job done but 2-4-D is like agent orange except it has a lower dioxin content and its more deluted. And why id use chemicals or poison bait is because i find that more effective than blasting, shooting, or using small rodent traps
THANKS! I will take a look.
Behold the trophies.
Idk about I giys but in Minnesota they lay 3-4$ per set of the front feet and I’ve been trapping all spring so far and got well over 60 now with only 10 traps that I got so I’m making bank rn
I am traumatized for life 😪...lol jk thanks for the tips will go gopher hunting in my backyard now
If gophers had gatlin guns, the rattlesnakes would leave them alone.
Thank you for your positive comments--glad people are finding the video and the traps useful.
ROFLpwnedvideos, no I don't eat them, at least not on a regular basis.
Stephen Albano what brand traps do you use
i think they would make great snake food if you catch them alive. maybe eagle food as well.
Inexpensive and effective!
Do you even trap, bro?
I thought gophers were bigger. Like the one from caddyshack!
Screwed up question but...do you eat em? I mean...it's free food. I would. Why not? haha.
I bet you would double your catch if you played Kenny Loggins "I'm Alright" on a constant replay near the area.
The only thing I can't do is release them from the trap and throw them away. I am way to squeamish! I am so depressed because gophers have ruined my lawn to the point I am thinking of removing half of it and putting mulch in its place. I rather not have any plants than to allow them to eat them.
Thanks for the know how!